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'That's not their job': Dad says sick kids were forced to clean school bus

'That's not their job': Dad says sick kids were forced to clean school bus

WEBVTT FILI IS LIVE WITH REACTIONTONIGHT.>> THEY WERE THE ONLY TWO THATHAD TO WIPE THE SEATS DOWN ANDCLEAN THEIR SEATS OFF.SARAH: A FRUSTRATED FATHER SAYSHIS CHILDREN WERE FORCED TO STAYBEHIND ON A BUS AND CLEAN THEIRSEATS AFTER OTHER STUDENTS HADGOTTEN OFF.THE DRIVER ALLEGEDLY TOLD THEKIDS SHE DIDN'T WANT HER NEXTGROUP GETTING SICK BECAUSE OFTHEM.>> YOU'RE MAKING THEM WIPE DOWNTHE SEATS, TELLING THEM YOU ARETIRED OF THEM BEING SICK, WHENTHAT IS NOT THEIR JOB.LET THEM GET OFF THE BUS AND GOLEARN.THAT IS THEIR JOB.SARA CALBERT SAYS HE'S HAD 2YEARS WORTH OF PHONE CALLS TOFIRST STUDENT ABOUT THE DRIVER.HE SAYS THEY WEREN'T TAKING HIMSERIOUSLY.THIS TIME, HE WENT TO THE SCHOOLPRINCIPAL.RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS RELEASEDTHIS STATEMENT, "IMMEDIATELYUPON LEARNING ABOUT THIS CONCERNTUESDAY MORNING, STAFF REACHEDOUR CONTRACTED TRANSPORTATIONPARTNER TO BEGIN INVESTIGATINGTOGETHER, WHICH CONTINUEDTHROUGH THE AFTERNOON." AFTER RALSTON REACHED OUT FIRSTSTUDENT TOOK THE DRIVER OFF THESTREET.>> WE ARE AWARE OF THE INCIDENTAND WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKINGINTO IT AND THE DRIVER HAS BEEN, REMOVED FROM SERVICE WHILE WEDO.>> IT'S A START.THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VEGOTTEN SOMETHING OUT OF IT, INALL THE TIMES THAT I'VECOMPLAINED, THIS IS THE FIRSTTIME.BUT THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHTDIRECTION I BELIEVE.SARAH: FIRST STUDENT DID NOTCOMMENT ON ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS

'That's not their job': Dad says sick kids were forced to clean school bus

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“Hands her some sanitizing wipes and tells her and her brother to start wiping the seats down because they were coughing and sneezing. Not coughing or sneezing on the seats, just coughing and sneezing.”

The First Student driver allegedly told the kids she didn't want her next group getting sick because of them.

“You’re making them wipe down the seats, telling them you're tired of them being sick when that's not their job. Let them get off the bus, let them go into school, let them learn. That's their job,” Calbert said.

Calbert said he's complained about the driver to First Student, the bussing company that Ralston contracts to transport students, for two years. He felt they weren't taking him seriously, so after this incident, he went to the school principal.

"Immediately upon learning about this concern Tuesday morning, staff reached our contracted transportation partner to begin investigating together, which continued through the afternoon,” a spokesperson for Ralston Public Schools said.

After Ralston reached out, First Student took the driver off the street.

“We are aware of the incident and we are currently looking into it and the driver has been removed from service while we do,” Jen Biddington, a spokesperson for First Student, said.

Calbert said disciplining the driver is a start.

“This is the first time I’ve gotten something out of it, in all the times that I’ve complained. This is the first time. But this is a step in the right direction, I believe."

First Student did not make any video of the incident, or the driver involved, available.